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February 17, 2018

(Sun Times Wire) The line started with the arrival of the remains of the slain Chicago Police commander, now remembered as a devoted cop who was even more devoted to his family. “It’s sad that this is what it takes, but look at how this city came together,” Jim Flanagan said from the stoop of…

February 17, 2018

(WGN) A man with a long criminal history that includes a conviction for armed robbery has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police commander, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Shomari Legghette, 44, was also charged with being a felon possession of a firearm and…

February 13, 2018

(Sun Times Wire) The man suspected of killing an off-duty Chicago Police commander Tuesday in the Thompson Center was wearing body armor and has a long felony record, including a conviction for armed robbery, according to court records and police sources. Paul Bauer, the commander of the Near North District, was shot multiple times at…

February 1, 2018

(Chicago Tribune) Several members of a Chicago police gang team have been stripped of their police powers amid a federal criminal probe into allegations they ripped off drug dealers, law enforcement sources told the Chicago Tribune. The nearly yearlong investigation by the FBI and Chicago police Internal Affairs Division focused on a sergeant and several…

January 17, 2018

(Sun Times Wire) Lawyers for Jackie Wilson on Tuesday closed out their case that detectives under the command of Jon Burge tortured Wilson into confessing to the 1982 murder of two Chicago Police officers, in Wilson’s latest bid to win a new trial for the killings. A courtroom gallery filled with CPD officers looked on…

December 13, 2017

(Sun Times Wire) Ronald Coleman insists he didn’t make the call that tipped off the Conservative Vice Lords to a massive federal investigation in June 2014. The ex-Chicago cop said in court he “would not betray the trust of the city or the community.” But that’s a lie, U.S. District Judge Charles Norgle said. Coleman…

September 20, 2017

(ABC) A former Chicago police sergeant wanted on federal drug and conspiracy charges was arrested in Detroit after nearly 15 years on the run, the FBI announced Tuesday. Eddie Hicks was the alleged ringleader of a crew of five men that posed as federal drug agents to shake down drug dealers for cash and narcotics.…

September 7, 2017

(dnainfo)The City Council agreed Wednesday to settle four police misconduct lawsuits for a total of $10.2 million, putting an end to years of legal wrangling surrounding the cases. Jose Lopez A man who was severely injured after he was shocked with a stun gun by a Chicago police officer, causing him to fall and hit…

August 24, 2017

(Sun Times Wire) Eleven people are facing various charges and citations following a large brawl involving Chicago Police officers Tuesday night in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

About 8:50 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired at a large gathering near the intersection of 26th and Albany, according to Chicago Police.

Officers were trying to disperse a large “angry” crowd when a vehicle attempted to drive away and headed toward the officers, police said. The officers, believing they would be pinned between the vehicles, fired their weapons.

No one was struck by gunfire, police said.

Eight officers were injured, including one who suffered a broken hand, and one who suffered cuts to the face from a broken bottle that required stitches, police said. None of the injuries were life-threatening.

Eleven people, five adults from Little Village and six juveniles, are facing charges, police said. They include:

• Celeste Perez, 19, faces one felony count of aggravated battery to a police officer and two felony counts of resisting or obstructing an officer;

Celeste Perez was ordered held on $100,000 bond, and Antonia Perez was held on $150,000 bond, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. They were both next scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.

August 22, 2017

(Sun Times Wire) A Chicago Police officer’s vehicle was fired upon during a traffic stop Monday night in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side. Officers were conducting a traffic stop about 8:25 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Rhodes when an unknown offender on foot fired shots in their direction before running…

August 10, 2017

(Chicago Tribune) Two days before a task force that included Chicago police and federal drug agents moved to make arrests in a yearlong drug investigation, a wiretap picked up a stunning disclosure during a phone call to a target of the probe. “We gotta homie that works on the task force,” the caller told the…

July 11, 2017

Three Chicago Police officers on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges in an alleged conspiracy to derail the investigation of a fellow officer who shot Laquan McDonald. Officers Joseph Walsh, David March and Thomas Gaffney made their first court appearances Monday since being indicted last month on charges stemming from the 2014 death of 17-year-old…

July 5, 2017

It has been a violent holiday weekend in Chicago, and police worked on ways to crack down on the violence. It started overnight with police raids. Police say they selected the targets of those raids carefully. They’re who police say are in some cases leaders of gangs or people delegated to doing the shooting. The…

June 28, 2017

The Chicago police investigation of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald unfolded like hundreds of others had before it, with an officer who claimed he fired in fear of his life, fellow cops who backed up his story and supervisors who quickly signed off on the case as a justifiable homicide. The routine way…

May 31, 2017

The FBI and Chicago Police Department are working together to fight crime in our city and they’ve made a video to illustrate the new campaign. The FBI wants Chicago to know it’s in the business of combating street crime. “The Chicago Police Department is doing a very good job, but they’re overwhelmed with the level…

May 27, 2017

Starting Friday night, there will be an extra 1300 Chicago police officers on duty. That’s 500 more than were on the streets last Memorial Day weekend when 71 people were shot, 6 fatally. In 2015 57 people were shot, 12 killed. Earlier Friday city leaders, law enforcement and community members are hoping for peace all…

May 18, 2017

FOX 32 NEWS, The Chicago Police Department, struggling to regain public trust in the wake of a video of a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times, on Wednesday released a new use of force policy that requires officers undergo de-escalation training and imposes stricter rules on when they can fire their weapons…

May 16, 2017

The Chicago Police SWAT team is warning police brass that starting next week, they’ll no longer take their gear home with them, and emergency response times will likely suffer. The SWAT officers say at the end of their shifts, they’ll drop their gear at a West Side police facility, which they would have to return…

May 12, 2017

As Chicago endured a devastating surge in gun violence last summer, scores of people with long rap sheets stood atop the Chicago Police Department’s secret watch list, newly obtained records show. One of the men had been arrested 12 times for violent crimes, all before turning 20. He’d also been charged with illegal gun possession.…

May 8, 2017

Chicago police issued a bulletin Monday warning its officers about gangs armed with high-powered weapons, after three people were shot to death over the weekend – including two attending a memorial for the earlier victim. Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the three people who were killed in the shootings Sunday were all members of the…